Avrocar Continuation Test Program & Terrain Test Program Covering Period 01Jun60 - 14Jun61
01Jun60-14Jun61 Coverage of the Avrocar, a saucer-shaped hovercraft vehicle with new transition control. Flight demonstrations displaying its ability to operate from ground cushion to in-flight over unprepared terrain and ditches. Modification of the Avrocar control system at the Avro facility. Series of shots of Avrocar being installed in static test rig and testing new control system. MLS aircraft in tethered flight over ramp. Series of shots of Avrocar being fueled; vertical takeoff; hovering; free flight over concrete, gravel and grass surfaces; ditches and landing. Shows Avro test pilot operating aircraft over various types of terrain and natural obstacles before a contractual group of engineers, and USAF pilot flying the aircraft.
Space Age Craft. UFOs. Engineering. Wacky Inventions. Oddities. 1960s.
NOTE: Any continuous ten minutes of entire film sold at per reel rate.
NOTE: See also see description of same source film on 25fps H2186.
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Avrocar Continuation Test Program & Terrain Test Program Covering Period 01Jun60 - 14Jun61 01Jun60-14Jun61 Coverage of the Avrocar, a saucer-shaped hovercraft vehicle with new transition control. Flight demonstrations displaying its ability to operate from ground cushion to in-flight over unprepared terrain and ditches. Modification of the Avrocar control system at the Avro facility. Series of shots of Avrocar being installed in static test rig and testing new control system. MLS aircraft in tethered flight over ramp. Series of shots of Avrocar being fueled; vertical takeoff; hovering; free flight over concrete, gravel and grass surfaces; ditches and landing. Shows Avro test pilot operating aircraft over various types of terrain and natural obstacles before a contractual group of engineers, and USAF pilot flying the aircraft. Space Age Craft. UFOs. Engineering. Wacky Inventions. Oddities. 1960s. NOTE: Any continuous ten minutes of entire film sold at per reel rate. NOTE: See also see description of same source film on 25fps H2186.